Revenues from sugar sales totaled EUR100 million (in the same period last year EUR104 million), and provided 46% of consolidated revenues.

In the first nine months Astarta sold 237,000 tonnes of produce, including 45,000 tonnes for exports, which is 11% less than a year before.

Astarta said on the date of publication of the report its eight sugar factories had processed about 2 million tonnes of sugar beets and produced over 280,000 tonnes of sugar. In general, the company plans this season to process 3.2 million tonnes of sugar beets, 70% of which is grown at own farms.